title: Short-term curative treatment of Aspergillus fumigatus pneumonia with fluconazole.
abstract: A 67-year-old previously healthy female presented with fever, malaise and bilateral pulmonary infiltrates. Serology and culture were positive for Aspergillus fumigatus. After 15 days of treatment with fluconazole, clinical cure and regression of the infiltrates were obtained. No side-effects were observed during or after treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Herning County Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Quist
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tauris
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus; D005260:Female; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D015725:Fluconazole